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The gang is all here for a special review of a legendary match that was until a few days ago thought lost, The Holy Grail---Tommy Rich vs Buzz Sawyer, October 23, 1983, the Omni: The Last Battle of Atlanta!!!

 

On the show tonight:

 

-Thoughts on the match finally surfacing
-A look at the Tommy Rich vs Buzz Sawyer feud that led to the match
-A review of the match itself
-Bonus match: Ole Anderson vs Paul Ellering
-The boys debate how the match stacks up to other classics from the time

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Thanks a lot for listening and comments guys. I was so whacked last night and we did this at legit 3-4am my time, I drank two loaded coffees just to make it, but was great to talk to the boys again and in these momentous circumstances.

 

There were some things we covered cos we felt we kinda had to in order to give this proper coverage considering the talk. There are lots of guys who listen who never read the boards, so I wanted to try to ensure we spoke to all of the talking points, and not just the ones things we were high on.

 

Just speaking for myself personally, I can honestly say that Last Battle of Atlanta dropping out of nowhere is in my top 5 or even Top 3 moments as a fan. Now that I say that I'm not sure what else would even be in the ballpark. Maybe in 1993, when I was a total little mark who had waited the entire holidays for Summerslam 93 to come out on VHS, including calling in at WH Smiths maybe twice a week checking on the date. The day I had that in my hands was up there. Maybe watching The Ultimate Ric Flair Collection for the first time in 2003, which looking back was really really formative to me as a fan. Watching some of those promos from JCP for the first time blew my mind and is directly responsible for my interest in the NWA and wrestling history beyond the WWE. I dunno what else, but Pete said it right: kinda felt like being a kid again the night before Xmas.

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Had you not watched much NWA prior to the Flair DVD? I've mentioned this before, but I'd love to get a sense of when and how your fandom developed.

I had seen everything on the best of WCW/NWO tapes they put out in the 90s, which had some NWA stuff on them. As well as that random one hosted by Flair and Schiavone. I watched WCW from 91 onwards.

 

But I don't think I gained that real spark to explore earlier stuff until I watched that Ultimate Ric Flair Collection and was mesmerised by it. I don't have much of a sense of how a UK fan could have been into NWA stuff before then, were you into it?

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Well, yeah.

 

Power Slam (and even it's predecessor, Superstars of Wrestling) was my gateway to everything beyond WWF. In 1994, I got in touch with a tape trader advertised in there. Among the first things I ordered were the 1989 trilogy and the Flair-Funk matches. Sampled bits of All Japan, New Japan, Sabu and most 80's US territories too.

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Pretty good show that got me even more hyped up to see a match i might never get to watch, cos I'm not spending €12.99 on the network.

I dunno if this is the right thread to mention this but as a reminder to all of us of how small of a niche we are even among hardcore wrestling fans. The Last Battle of Atlanta did not feature in the 20 most watched stuff on the network this week. The only things from the hidden gems section that did was Rollins vs Kassius Ohno and Undertaker vs Unabomb.
http://www.wwenetworknews.com/2016/09/09/9816-top-20-most-popular-shows-on-the-wwe-network-right-now/


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dr6vko.png

 

The gang is all here for a special review of a legendary match that was until a few days ago thought lost, The Holy Grail---Tommy Rich vs Buzz Sawyer, October 23, 1983, the Omni: The Last Battle of Atlanta!!!

 

On the show tonight:

 

-Thoughts on the match finally surfacing

-A look at the Tommy Rich vs Buzz Sawyer feud that led to the match

-A review of the match itself

-Bonus match: Ole Anderson vs Paul Ellering

-The boys debate how the match stacks up to other classics from the time

 

the single greatest Titans episode yet. I subscribed to the wwe network just to see this match. It was everything I expected and more. A bloody classic. Similar to a classic heavyweight boxing match. Great ending by having both carted out on stretchers. You guys did this match justice. Great podcast
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http://placetobenation.com/titans-of-wrestling-67-the-last-battle-of-atlanta/

 

dr6vko.png

 

The gang is all here for a special review of a legendary match that was until a few days ago thought lost, The Holy Grail---Tommy Rich vs Buzz Sawyer, October 23, 1983, the Omni: The Last Battle of Atlanta!!!

 

On the show tonight:

 

-Thoughts on the match finally surfacing

-A look at the Tommy Rich vs Buzz Sawyer feud that led to the match

-A review of the match itself

-Bonus match: Ole Anderson vs Paul Ellering

-The boys debate how the match stacks up to other classics from the time

 

the single greatest Titans episode yet. I subscribed to the wwe network just to see this match. It was everything I expected and more. A bloody classic. Similar to a classic heavyweight boxing match. Great ending by having both carted out on stretchers. You guys did this match justice. Great podcast
Thanks, man .
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